Paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus

ABSTRACT

The invention provides a paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus which prevents a discharged paper money from entering into an accumulating carrier path in the case of discharging the paper money, and inhibits a jam from being generated. The paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus is provided with a movable portion (for example, a stack guide, a detection lever, and a pressurized member) which is changed its position in correspondence to a movement of a paper sheet to a position at which an elevating plate discharges the paper sheet from an accumulating portion, and the movable portion is provided with a shielding portion (for example, a concavity and convexity of the movable portion and a shielding member) shielding a route from a two-way carrier path to an accumulating carrier path, in the case of discharging the paper sheet from the accumulating portion.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

The present application claims priority from Japanese applicationJP2007-324178 filed on Dec. 17, 2007, the content of which is herebyincorporated by reference into this application.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus separating and accumulating a paper sheet such asa paper money, a check or the like which is carried one by one.

(2) Description of Related Art

Conventionally, a paper money handling apparatus mounted to an automatedteller machine, for example, used in a financial institution or the likehas a paper money input and output port for discharging an output papermoney to a user or inputting an input paper money so as to deliver oneby one, a paper money discriminating portion discriminating the inputpaper money or the output paper money, a temporary storage portiontemporarily storing the input paper money, and a reject box storing areject paper money which does not reach a predetermined reference in thepaper money discriminating portion, and further includes a recyclingchamber for storing and keeping in trust the input paper money so as todeliver as the output paper money or the like, and a paper money carrierpath connecting the portions.

The automated teller machine is advanced its downsizing and highcapacity, and the paper money recycling chamber storing the paper moneyis demanded a downsizing of the paper sheet separating and accumulatingapparatus in the paper money handling apparatus, and a high capacity ofa storage space. In order to satisfy the demand mentioned above, thepaper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus employed in the papermoney recycling chamber employs a system separating and accumulating inone unit, in recent years.

As the conventional apparatus, for example, there has been proposed apaper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus shown inJP-A-2005-255323 (patent document 1).

In the paper money recycling chamber mentioned above, the paper sheetseparating and accumulating apparatus employs the system separating andaccumulating in one unit, however, in order to give and receive thepaper money with respect to the close carrier path, there areindependently provided an accumulating carrier path 310 (which is alsocalled as an input money carrier path) for receiving the paper moneyfrom the carrier path so as to introduce to the accumulating portion,and a separating carrier path 311 (which is also called as an outputmoney carrier path) for carrying the paper money discharged from theaccumulating portion, and these two carrier paths are structured such asto be combined just before the separating and accumulating mechanism asshown in FIG. 8.

In the structure mentioned above, it is necessary to provide a switchingmechanism short of a combined portion so as to prevent the paper moneydischarged from the separating and accumulating mechanism from enteringinto the accumulating carrier path 310.

However, since the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus isdownsized and does not have a sufficient space, and it is hard to mounta sufficient switching mechanism, the embodiment mentioned above isstructured such that a short split curtain is provided at a positionwhere the accumulating carrier path 310 and the separating carrier path311 are branched, in such a manner as to prevent the discharged papermoney from entering into the accumulating carrier path 310, and thedischarged paper money is introduced into the separating carrier path311.

However, in the short split curtain type of branching system mentionedabove, since the paper money carried from the accumulating carrier path310 is carried to the accumulating portion while ducking under the shortsplit curtain, it is necessary to set such a gap that the paper moneycan be carried in a lower portion of the short split curtain portion.Accordingly, in the case that the paper money having a bent leading endis discharged from the accumulating portion, there is a case that thepaper money catches on the gap portion in the lower portion of the shortsplit curtain, and a jam is generated.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheetseparating and accumulating apparatus which prevents a discharged papermoney from entering into or catching on an accumulating carrier path 310in the case of discharging the paper money, and inhibits a jam frombeing generated.

In order to achieve the object mentioned above, the present inventionemploys a structure which is provided with a movable portion a positionof which is changed in correspondence to a movement of a paper sheet toa position at which an elevating plate discharges the paper sheet froman accumulating portion, and is provided with a shielding portionshielding a path from a two-way carrier path to an accumulating carrierpath in the movable portion in the case of discharging the paper sheetfrom the accumulating portion.

In other words, in accordance with the present invention, there isprovided a paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus includingan accumulating portion having an elevating plate and accumulating apaper sheet on the elevating plate, an accumulating carrier pathcarrying the paper sheet accumulated in the accumulating portion, aseparating carrier path carrying the paper sheet discharged from theaccumulating portion, a two-way carrier path through which both of theaccumulated paper sheet and the discharged paper sheet pass, a branchportion branching the two-way carrier path into the accumulating carrierpath and the separating carrier path, and a movable portion moving incorrespondence to an arrangement of the paper sheet to a position atwhich the elevating plate discharges the paper sheet from theaccumulating portion, wherein the movable portion has a shieldingportion shielding the path from the two-way carrier path to theaccumulating carrier path, in the case of discharging the paper sheetfrom the accumulating portion.

Further, in the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus inaccordance with the present invention, it is preferable that the movableportion is constituted by a stack guide coming to a guide accumulatingthe paper sheet in the case of accumulating the paper sheet to theelevating plate.

Further, in the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus inaccordance with the present invention, it is preferable that the movableportion is constituted by a detection lever detecting the fact that thepaper sheet exists at a position at which the paper sheet is dischargedfrom the accumulating portion.

Further, in the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus inaccordance with the present invention, it is preferable that theshielding portion is provided in a portion opposing to the branchportion in the movable portion.

Further, in the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus inaccordance with the present invention, it is preferable that theshielding portion has a concavo-convex structure so as to oppose to thebranch portion of the movable portion.

Further, in the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus inaccordance with the present invention, it is preferable that theshielding portion is provided with a shielding member in a portionopposing to the branch portion of the movable portion.

Further, in the paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus inaccordance with the present invention, it is preferable that theaccumulating carrier path is provided with a storage portion storing theshielding member, and the shielding member is stored in the storageportion in the case of accumulating the paper sheet in the accumulatingportion.

Further, in accordance with the present invention, there can be providedan automated teller machine provided with any one of the paper sheetseparating and accumulating apparatuses mentioned above.

In accordance with the present invention, the discharged paper does notenter into the accumulating carrier path in the case of discharging thepaper money, and it is possible to inhibit a jam from being generated.

Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent from the following description of the embodiments of theinvention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outer appearance of oneembodiment of an automated teller machine to which the present inventionis applied;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view showing one embodiment of a papermoney handling apparatus to which the present invention is applied;

FIG. 3 is a top elevational view of a paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus;

FIG. 4A is a side elevational view of the paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus (an accumulating state of an embodiment using astack guide);

FIG. 4B is a side elevational view of the paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus (a separating state of the embodiment using thestack guide);

FIG. 5A is a side elevational view of the paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus (an accumulating state of an embodiment using amember added to the stack guide);

FIG. 5B is a side elevational view of the paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus (a separating state of the embodiment using themember added to the stack guide);

FIG. 6A is a side elevational view of a paper money accumulating portion(an accumulating state of an embodiment using a detection lever);

FIG. 6B is a side elevational view of the paper money accumulatingportion (a separating state of the embodiment using the detectionlever);

FIG. 7A is a side elevational view of a paper money accumulating portion(an accumulating state of an embodiment using a member receiving apressure);

FIG. 7B is a side elevational view of the paper money accumulatingportion (a separating state of the embodiment using the member receivingthe pressure); and

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view explaining a state of a conventionalpaper money accumulating portion.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

A description will be in detail given below of an embodiment inaccordance with the present invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawings.

Embodiment 1

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outer appearance of an automatedteller machine 100. In FIG. 1, an internal portion of the automatedteller machine 100 is constructed by a paper sheet handling apparatus(which is also called as a paper money handling apparatus) 101 to whicha user inputs a paper money or which discharges the paper money to theuser, a card and specified list handling apparatus 102 handling a cardof the user and printing a transaction specified list so as todischarge, a passbook handling apparatus 103 writing up a transactioncontent in the passbook, a user operating portion 104 displaying anoperation guide to the user and inputting an instruction from the user,a main body control portion 105 monitoring and controlling each of theapparatuses, and the like.

In this case, one example of the paper sheet is a paper money, and adescription will be given next of the paper money handling apparatus 101handling the paper money.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view showing a structure of the paper moneyhandling apparatus 101.

In FIG. 2, the paper money handling apparatus 101 is constructed by amoney input and output port 200 by which the user inputs and takes outthe paper money, a paper money discriminating portion 201 discriminatingthe paper money, a temporary storage chamber 202 temporarily storing theinput paper money until the transaction is effected, a reject box 203storing the paper money in which the money input transaction iseffected, a recycling chamber 204 serving both as the input moneychamber and the output money chamber, a paper money carrier path 205carrying the paper money to each of the units, and a control portion 206monitoring and controlling each of the units.

The money input and output port 200 is structured such as to dischargethe paper money input from the user to the paper money carrier path 205one by one, and accumulate the paper money carried from the paper moneycarrier path 205 so as to discharge to the user. The paper moneydiscriminating portion 201 measures an optical and magnetic feature ofthe paper money carried through the paper money carrier path 205, anddiscriminates a money kind, a truth and the like of the carried papermoney.

The temporary storage chamber 202 is a storage chamber temporarilystoring the carried paper money. For example, the paper money input bythe user is temporarily stored by the temporary storage chamber 202, thepaper money input by the user is stored in the recycling chamber 204 inthe case that the user accepts the transaction, and the paper moneyinput by the user is carried to the money input and output port 200 soas to be returned to the user in the case that the user does not accept.The reject box 203 is a safe storing the carried paper money, and storesthe paper money only for input, and the paper money which is notsuitable to be handled in the apparatus, such as the paper money havinga cut or a bending, the obliquely carried paper money and the like.

The recycling chamber 204 has a paper sheet separating and accumulatingapparatus which stores the paper money input by the user, discharges thestored paper money to the paper money carrier path 205 in correspondenceto the transaction, and outputs to the user.

FIG. 2 is an example in which one reject box 203 is mounted, and threerecycling chambers 204 are mounted, however, they can be freelycombined, and a mounting number can be freely set. For example, it ispossible to employ a combination including two reject boxes 203 and tworecycling chambers 204.

The paper money carrier path 205 is constructed, for example, by a beltand a roller which are installed in such a manner as to pinch the papermoney, and a driving motor driving the belt and the roller. Further, aswitching gate driven by an electromagnetic solenoid is provided at abranch point of the paper money carrier path 205, and can switch a papermoney carrier direction. Accordingly, the paper money passes through thepaper money discriminating portion 201 in a two-way direction byswitching a rotating direction of the driving motor and the switchinggate per transaction, and is carried between the money input and outputport 200, the temporary storage chamber 202, the reject box 203 and therecycling chamber 204.

The control portion 206 is connected to an actuator such as a drivingmotor of each of the units, an electromagnetic solenoid or the like, anda sensor, and controls the actuator while monitoring a state of thesensor in correspondence to the transaction. Further, the controlportion 206 is connected to the main body control portion 105 of theautomated teller machine 100, controls the paper money handlingapparatus 101 on the basis of a command from the main body controlportion 105, and informs the main body control portion 105 of a state ofthe paper money handling apparatus 101.

FIG. 3 is a view of the paper sheet separating and accumulatingapparatus as seen from the above. A shielding portion 315 is provided ina portion opposing to a branch portion 313 of a stack guide 303,prevents the paper money from entering into the accumulating carrierpath 310, and accumulates and discharges the paper money by adischarging and carrier roller 301.

Next, a description will be given of the paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus of the recycling chamber 204 with reference toFIG. 4A.

FIG. 4A is a view of the paper sheet separating and accumulatingapparatus as permeably seen from the side. The paper sheet separatingand accumulating apparatus is constructed by the discharging and carrierroller 301, an elevating plate 302 moving up and down in an innerportion of the accumulating portion, a short split curtain guide 305, anaccumulating portion 306 accumulating the paper sheet on the elevatingplate 302, the stack guide 303 coming to a guide at a time ofaccumulating the paper money on the elevating plate 302, theaccumulating carrier path 310 carrying the paper money accumulated inthe accumulating portion 306, the separating carrier path 311 carryingthe paper money discharged from the accumulating portion 306, a two-waycarrier path 312 carrying the paper money accumulated in theaccumulating portion 306 and the paper money discharged from theaccumulating portion 306, and the shielding portion 315 which isprovided with the branch portion 313 branching the two-way carrier path312 into the accumulating carrier path 310 and the separating carrierpath 311 (in which the branch portion 313 includes the short splitcurtain guide 305) and shields the paths of the two-way carrier path 312and the accumulating carrier path 310.

In this case, in FIG. 4A, the shielding portion 315 (for example, aconcavo-convex portion of the movable portion, and a shielding member)is provided in the stack guide 303, and the discharging and carrierroller 101 does not have the shielding portion. For explanation, anillustration is given by omitting a line of the portion opposing to thebranch portion 313 of the discharging and carrier roller 101. The samematter is applied to FIGS. 4B, 5A and 5B.

First of all, a description will be given of a motion at a time ofaccumulating the paper money with reference to FIG. 4A.

The paper sheet carried to the recycling chamber 204 from a direction ofan arrow 304 gets around a lower portion of the short split curtainguide 305 so as to be delivered to the two-way carrier path 312. Thedischarging and carrier roller 301 rotates in an accumulating direction314 at this time, and the fed paper money is carried to the accumulatingportion 306 of the paper in accordance with the rotation of thedischarging and carrier roller 301, and is stacked on the elevatingplate 302 of the accumulating portion 306 along the stack guide 303.

In the case of accumulating the paper money, the elevating plate 302comes down and is controlled to such a height as to always keep a fixedaccumulating space. The stack guide 303 rotates around a center ofrotation 309, moves to a position at which a guide portion 316 of thestack guide 303 comes into contact with the accumulated paper money, andcomes to an accumulation position state shown in FIG. 4A.

In this accumulation position state, the concave portion of the stackguide 303 is positioned at a position opposing to a leading end of thebranch portion 313. Accordingly, a gap is formed between a leading endof the branch portion 313 and a portion opposing to the branch portion313 of the stack guide 303, and the accumulated paper money isaccumulated while passing through the gap between the leading end of thebranch portion 313 and the stack guide 303. In other words, the papermoney is accumulated in the accumulating portion 306 while passingthrough a gap of a route from the accumulating carrier path 310 to thetwo-way carrier path 312.

Next, a description will be given of a motion at a time of separatingthe paper money with reference to FIG. 4B.

The paper money stacked on the elevating plate 302 is pressed to a pickroller 307 on the basis of a movement in an upward direction of theelevating plate 302 in the case of discharging the paper money. At thistime, the guide portion 316 of the stack guide 303 is pushed up by theaccumulated paper money on the elevating plate from an accumulatedposition state, rotates around the center of rotation 309, and comes toa separated position state shown in FIG. 4B.

In this state, the pick roller 307 rotates in a delivering direction 317so as to deliver the paper money one by one and feed to the two-waycarrier path 312. The paper money fed to the two-way carrier path 312 isseparated by the discharging and carrier roller 301 one by one so as tobe carried in a direction of an arrow 308. In the case that the papermoney is discharged, the elevating plate 302 moves up and is controlledin such a manner that the paper money is always pressed to the pickroller 307.

Further, in the separated position state, the stack guide 303 moves inan upward direction in correspondence to the fact that the elevatingplate 302 moves the paper money to the position at which the paper moneyis discharged from the accumulating portion 306, and the route from thetwo-way carrier path 312 to the accumulating carrier path 310 isshielded.

In other words, since the shielding portion 315 of the stack guide 303is moved to the position opposing to the leading end of the branchportion 313, there comes to a state in which the gap between the branchportion 313 and the portion opposing to the branch portion 313 of thestack guide is closed. Accordingly, even in the case that the papermoney having the deformed leading end portion is discharged, the leadingend portion of the discharged paper money does not catch on the branchportion 313 of the short split curtain guide 305 or the like, and it ispossible to stably carry the paper money in the direction of the arrow308.

In the embodiment mentioned above, the concave portion is formed in theportion opposing to the branch portion 313 in the stack guide 303,however, there is a method of forming a convex portion in a portionopposing to the branch portion 313 in the stack guide 303. In otherwords, the convex portion of the stack guide 303 is positioned at aposition opposing to the leading end of the branch portion 313 in astate in which the stack guide 303 comes to the separated position, andthe route from the two-way carrier path 312 to the accumulating carrierpath 310 is shielded. Further, a gap can be formed in such a manner thatthe paper money passes from the accumulating carrier path 310 to thetwo-way carrier path 312, in a state in which the stack guide 303 comesto the accumulated position.

In other words, since the shielding portion 315 has the concavo-convexstructure, the gap is formed in the route from the two-way carrier path312 to the accumulating carrier path 310 at a time of accumulating thepaper money, and the route from the two-way carrier path 312 to theaccumulating carrier path 310 may be shielded at a time of separatingthe paper money.

FIG. 5A shows an accumulated position state in an embodiment in which ashielding member 320 is added to the portion opposing to the branchportion 313 of the stack guide 303. In comparison with FIG. 4A, theshielding member 320 is added to the portion opposing to the branchportion 313 of the stack guide 303, and the accumulating carrier path310 is provided with a storage portion 321 which can store the shieldingmember 320 in the case of coming to the accumulated position state, inFIG. 5A. FIG. 5B shows a separated position state in the embodiment inwhich the shielding member 320 is added to the stack guide 303.

A description will be given of a motion of opening and closing the routefrom the two-way carrier path 312 to the accumulating carrier path 310in the embodiment in which the shielding member 320 is added to theportion opposing to the branch portion 313 of the stack guide 303, withreference to FIGS. 5A and 5B.

As shown in FIG. 5A, in the case of accumulating the paper money, theelevating plate 303 comes down so as to be controlled at such a heightas to keep a fixed accumulation space. In correspondence thereto, thestack guide 303 rotates around the center of rotation 309, and moves toa position at which the guide portion 316 of the stack guide 303 comesinto contact with the accumulated paper money. Accordingly, theshielding member 320 of the stack guide 303 is stored in the storageportion 321, and a gap is formed between the portion opposing to thebranch portion 313 of the stack guide 303 and the branch portion 313. Inother words, the gap is formed in the route from the accumulatingcarrier path 310 to the two-way carrier path 312. The paper money isaccumulated while passing through the gap between the leading end of thebranch portion 313 and the stack guide 303.

In the case of separating the paper money, the paper is moved to aposition at which the elevating plate 302 discharges the paper from theaccumulating portion 306. In correspondence thereto, the shieldingmember 320 of the stack guide 303 moves to the position opposing to theleading end of the branch portion 313. Accordingly, the gap between thebranch portion 313 and the portion opposing to the branch portion 313 ofthe stack guide 303 comes to the closed state. In other words, the routefrom the two-way carrier path 312 to the accumulating carrier path 310is shielded.

In accordance with the structure mentioned above, it is not necessary totake into consideration the influence given to the paper money carrierby the shape of the portion opposing to the branch portion 313 of thestack guide 303 at a time of accumulating the paper money, and it iseasy to form the portion opposing to the branch portion 313 of the stackguide 303 as the structure which is obtained by taking intoconsideration only the paper money carrier at a time of accumulating thepaper money.

In this case, FIGS. 5A and 5B are not provided with the short splitcurtain guide 305, however, there is no problem in a structure in whichthe short split curtain guide 305 is provided in a part of the branchmember 313.

Further, FIG. 6A shows an accumulated position state of a detectionlever 400 in the embodiment using the detection lever 400 for detectingthe fact that the paper money exists at a discharging positioncorresponding to a position discharging the paper money. FIG. 6B shows aseparated position state of the detection lever 400 in the embodimentusing the detection lever 400.

The elevating plate 302 pushes up the paper money to the dischargingposition corresponding to the position in the case of discharging thepaper money by the elevating plate 302, the detection lever 400 ispushed up by the pushed-up paper money, and a detection sensor 402detects the detection lever 400, whereby the control portion 206 of thepaper money handling apparatus 101 determines that the paper moneyexists at the discharged position, and discharges the paper money.

The detection lever 400 is structured such as to protrude to the routefrom the two-way carrier path 312 to the accumulating carrier path 310in the case of discharging the paper money.

In the case of accumulating the paper money, the detection lever 400moves downward, and a gap is generated between a portion opposing to abranch portion of the detection lever 400 and the short split curtainguide 305. In other words, the gap is generated in the route from theaccumulating carrier path 310 to the two-way carrier path 312.

On the other hand, in the case of discharging the paper money, theelevating plate 302 moves the paper money from the accumulating portion306 to the position discharging the paper money, whereby the detectionlever 400 is pushed up by the accumulated paper money, and rotatesaround a center of rotation 401, the shielding portion 315 of thedetection lever 400 moves to the position opposing to the short splitcurtain guide 305, and the gap is shielded between the portion opposingto the branch portion of the detection lever 400 and the short splitcurtain guide 305. In other words, the route from the two-way carrierpath 312 to the accumulating carrier path 310 is shielded.

Further, FIG. 7A shows an accumulated position state of a pressurizedmember 500 in an embodiment using a member 501 pressurized from theaccumulated paper money. FIG. 7B shows a separated position state of thepressurized member 501 in the embodiment using the member 500pressurized from the accumulated paper money. In this case, thepressurized member 500 is structured such as to be stopped by thestopper 501.

In the case of accumulating the paper money, the pressurized member 500is moved downward, and is stopped by the stopper 501, and a gap isformed between the short split curtain guide 305 and a portion opposingto the branch portion of the pressurized member. In other words, the gapis formed in the route from the accumulating carrier path 310 to thetwo-way carrier path 312.

On the other hand, in the case of discharging the paper money, themember 500 pressurized by the accumulated paper money is pushed up bymoving the paper money to the position at which the elevating plate 302discharges the paper money from the accumulating portion 306, and theshielding portion 315 of the pressurized member 500 shields between theshort split curtain guide 305 and the portion opposing to the branchportion of the pressurized member on the basis of the pressure of thepaper money accumulated in the accumulating portion 306. In accordancewith the structure mentioned above, it is possible to easily shield theroute from the two-way carrier path 312 to the accumulating carrier path310.

Further, the structure may be made such that the shielding member isadded to the portion opposing to the branch portion 313 of the detectionlever 400 or the pressurized member 500, and a space storing theshielding member is provided in the accumulating carrier path 310.

As mentioned above, in accordance with the present embodiment, the papersheet separating and accumulating apparatus is provided with the movableportion (for example, the stack guide, the detection lever, and thepressurized member) which is movable by moving the paper sheet to theposition at which the elevating plate discharges the paper sheet fromthe accumulating portion, and the movable portion having the shieldingportion (for example, the concavity and convexity of the movable portionand the shielding member) shielding the route from the two-way carrierpath to the accumulating carrier path, and it is possible to easily openand close the route from the two-way carrier path 312 to theaccumulating carrier path 310.

Further, the arranged position of the shielding portion may be adjustedin correspondence to the kind and the state of the carried paper sheetor the structure of the other portion of the paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus.

In this case, the embodiment mentioned above is described byexemplifying the paper money, however, it goes without saying that thepaper sheet is not limited to the paper money.

It should be further understood by those skilled in the art thatalthough the foregoing description has been made on embodiments of theinvention, the invention is not limited thereto and various changes andmodifications may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention and the scope of the appended claims.

1. A paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus comprising: anaccumulating portion having an elevating plate and accumulating a papersheet on said elevating plate; an accumulating carrier path carrying thepaper sheet accumulated in said accumulating portion; a separatingcarrier path carrying the paper sheet discharged from said accumulatingportion; a two-way carrier path through which both of said accumulatedpaper sheet and said discharged paper sheet pass; a branch portionbranching said two-way carrier path into said accumulating carrier pathand said separating carrier path; and a movable portion moving incorrespondence to an arrangement of the paper sheet to a position atwhich said elevating plate discharges the paper sheet from saidaccumulating portion, wherein said movable portion has a shieldingportion shielding the path from said two-way carrier path to saidaccumulating carrier path, in the case of discharging the paper sheetfrom said accumulating portion.
 2. A paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said movableportion include a stack guide coming to a guide accumulating the papersheet in the case of accumulating the paper sheet to said elevatingplate.
 3. A paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus as claimedin claim 1, wherein said movable portion includes a detection leverdetecting the fact that the paper sheet exists at a position at whichthe paper sheet is discharged from said accumulating portion.
 4. A papersheet separating and accumulating apparatus as claimed in claim 1,wherein said shielding portion is provided in a portion opposing to saidbranch portion in said movable portion.
 5. A paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shieldingportion has a concavo-convex structure so as to oppose to said branchportion of said movable portion.
 6. A paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shieldingportion has a shielding member in a portion opposing to the branchportion of said movable portion.
 7. A paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein said accumulatingcarrier path is provided with a storage portion storing said shieldingmember, and said shielding member is stored in said storage portion inthe case of accumulating the paper sheet in said accumulating portion.8. An automated teller machine comprising the paper sheet separating andaccumulating apparatuses as claimed in claim 1.